Was arguing with my dad over Israel whilst watching TV.
I agreed with the idea of a Jewish homeland, and said that whilst many Jews wanted to live in the Holy Land, many just wanted a land that was safe and free from oppression.
So I said, "I bet there's plenty of uninhabited islands that could have worked" (forget Uganda). So began a search through Wikipedia for islands with a decent land area and a low population.
I found the Falkland Islands (population under 2K) but a bit on the damp side. Canada has a whole lot of islands, but mostly Arctic. But then I found Anticosti Island (just south of Quebec)... and the story in there blew me away....
Bit more about it @ http://www.journal.dnd.ca/vo2/no1/doc/47-52-eng.pdf
Hitler with a land base 300-400 miles from New York? Able to attack British Canada. Interesting! WI Capitalism won out over National Security?
I agreed with the idea of a Jewish homeland, and said that whilst many Jews wanted to live in the Holy Land, many just wanted a land that was safe and free from oppression.
So I said, "I bet there's plenty of uninhabited islands that could have worked" (forget Uganda). So began a search through Wikipedia for islands with a decent land area and a low population.
I found the Falkland Islands (population under 2K) but a bit on the damp side. Canada has a whole lot of islands, but mostly Arctic. But then I found Anticosti Island (just south of Quebec)... and the story in there blew me away....
In 1937, the government of Germany, led at the time by Adolf Hitler, tried unsuccessfully to buy the island. Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King became involved, and forbade the Nazis' plan
Bit more about it @ http://www.journal.dnd.ca/vo2/no1/doc/47-52-eng.pdf
Hitler with a land base 300-400 miles from New York? Able to attack British Canada. Interesting! WI Capitalism won out over National Security?